Chapter Summaries

Nightfall Squad fought to hold Chenglong Pass’s breach against the Beast Tide, using the narrow terrain and coordinated attacks to slow the Mysteries. As the main force gathered outside and threatened to overwhelm the defenses, Lin Qiye merged with Merlin and reached the Klein realm to find a way to defend the pass.

• Cao Yuan and Jialan charged into the breach and fought the Mysteries at its narrow entrance.
• Baili Pangpang redirected the cannons into a concentrated barrage, while An Qingyu and Shen Qingzhu slowed the Beast Tide with frost, purple mist, and flames.
• Jiang Er possessed a Klein-level Mystery and forced it to strike another, then Cao Yuan and Jialan killed the beast.
• Lin Qiye saw that the growing Beast Tide outside would soon erase the defenders’ terrain advantage.
• Lin Qiye praised the God of Magic, merged with Merlin through Soul Embodiment, and entered the Klein realm.

Zuo Qing learned that a second disaster-level Beast Tide was about to reach Chenglong Pass and hurried to respond while ordering King Mask to prepare for another time travel. At Chenglong Pass, Qiye appeared to have gone outside alone, where countless Magic Arrays suddenly formed a Magic Fortress over the sea.

• Zuo Qing discussed staffing the twelve A-rank War Passes and proposed tougher training to mature new Night Watchmen faster.
• Zuo Qing learned Chenglong Pass’s communications tower had been destroyed and a second disaster-level Beast Tide would reach the coast within two minutes.
• Zuo Qing ordered Human Apexes and Special Squads to the battlefield, told King Mask to prepare to travel through time, and flew toward Chenglong Pass.
• At Chenglong Pass, the growing breach let more Mysteries overwhelm the six Nightfall Squad members as Baili Pangpang asked where Qiye was.
• An Qingyu said Qiye had gone outside alone, and hundreds of thousands of Magic Arrays rose over the sea to form a Magic Fortress.

Lin Qiye used Merlin’s power to establish a Magic Fortress and hold back the Beast Tide at Chenglong Pass. As four powerful Mysteries approached, he summoned a Frost Giant Dragon, leaving the battle poised to escalate.

• Lin Qiye activated 4,321 Magic Arrays and used Eternal Secret Garden to destroy the front ranks of the Beast Tide and replenish his Mental Power.
• Baili Pangpang, Jialan, and the others gained breathing room as Lin Qiye’s Magic Fortress stabilized the defense of Chenglong Pass.
• Lin Qiye sensed that the Beast Tide had been arranged in ranks and detected four powerful super high-risk Mysteries advancing from the rear.
• Lin Qiye opened a massive summoning array, and a Frost Giant Dragon emerged, its roar filling the Mysteries with fear.

Lin Qiye rode the Frost Giant Dragon into the Beast Tide threatening Chenglong Pass and fought four peak-Klein Mysteries while reinforcements from Tujiao Pass arrived. The dragon battled three foes as Lin Qiye faced a lightning-winged white tiger, and the reinforcements learned that six people had taken Chenglong Pass’s defenders’ emblems and straight blades.

• Night Watchmen from Tujiao Pass heard a dragon’s roar and hurried toward Chenglong Pass.
• The reinforcements saw Lin Qiye and the Frost Giant Dragon attacking the Beast Tide and holding back its powerful Mysteries.
• The Frost Giant Dragon engaged three peak-Klein Mysteries while Lin Qiye’s strike failed to hit the lightning-winged white tiger.
• Captain Cheng led the reinforcements into Chenglong Pass and asked Fang Zuo why the defenders were not helping.
• Fang Zuo explained that six figures had taken the defenders’ emblems and straight blades.

Lin Qiye fought the winged white tiger during the Beast Tide until Great Xia’s Spirit Medium Squad arrived. Their captain, Bu Li, thanked Lin Qiye’s squad and prepared to join the battle.

• Captain Cheng told Fang Zuo that Lu Qiu had died after exhausting his life force to protect Tujiao Pass.
• Lin Qiye used Earth Nether Rope, Zhanbai, and the Void White Bear to restrain and wound the winged white tiger.
• The white tiger broke free, blasted away the Void White Bear, and charged at Lin Qiye.
• Seven members of Great Xia’s Spirit Medium Squad descended on lightning pillars, froze the white tiger, and struck it down with a sword slash.
• Lin Qiye thanked the Spirit Medium Squad, and Bu Li praised his efforts before saying it was their turn to fight.

Spirit Medium killed the white tiger and moved to strike the Beast Tide’s commanders, while Phoenix Squad arrived to reinforce Chenglong Pass. Lin Qiye watched the veteran squads take the field as Phoenix Squad began holding back most of the horde.

• Spirit Medium trapped the white tiger in a lightning cage and killed it in under ten seconds.
• Bu Li and the other Spirit Medium members flew toward the rear of the Beast Tide to target its powerful commanders.
• An armed helicopter carrying Phoenix Squad arrived at Chenglong Pass, where Xia Simeng recognized Lin Qiye and his Fifth Special Squad.
• Kong Shang and Xia Simeng led Phoenix Squad into battle, where the eight members took on nearly eighty percent of the Beast Tide.
• An Qingyu watched Phoenix Squad defend Chenglong Pass and remarked that they had arrived too.

With the Beast Tide pressing against Chenglong Pass, Nightfall joined Phoenix Squad outside the shattered wall and helped stabilize the defense. Guan Zai and Zuo Qing arrived as the battle continued, while another Special Squad carried out a decapitation plan beyond sight.

• After Phoenix Squad helped clear the Beast Tide inside the pass, An Qingyu asked Nightfall if they could keep fighting, and the team agreed to join the battle outside the wall.
• An Qingyu led Nightfall through the breach, where Baili Pangpang helped hold Phoenix Squad’s defensive line and An Qingyu introduced the team to Xia Simeng as Nightfall.
• The two Special Squads fought together at Chenglong Pass while a third Special Squad carried out a decapitation plan, stabilizing the situation.
• Guan Zai returned from Shangjing and prepared to join the battle, but an azure light descended and revealed Zuo Qing.

Zuo Qing and Guan Zai arrived at Chenglong Pass and decided to defend rather than risk entering the mist, while Guan Zai erased most of the Beast Tide with a single command. The reinforcements turned the battle around, leaving only the powerful Mysteries to be hunted down.

• Zuo Qing recognized the Nightfall Squad as the Fifth Special Squad and the Sword Saint’s students, then judged the Beast Tide to be larger than the previous one.
• Zuo Qing warned Guan Zai that charging into the mist could expose them to an ambush, and proposed killing the Mysteries at Chenglong Pass instead.
• Guan Zai used the command “delete” to erase 972 Mysteries below the Klein realm, leaving the stronger ones alive.
• Lin Qiye watched in shock as the remaining Klein-realm Mysteries were attacked by an azure streak and the Spirit Medium Squad.
• Lin Qiye dismissed his Magic Arrays, and Merlin’s soul left him and returned to the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods.

After canceling his summoning spell, Lin Qiye recovered from Soul Embodiment and discovered that he had broken through to the Boundless realm, advancing even further with power absorbed by the Eternal Secret Garden. Zuo Qing arrived after the battle and welcomed Nightfall Squad back, telling them it was time to return to Shangjing.

• Lin Qiye canceled the summoning spell, descended exhausted, and Jialan supported him as Nightfall Squad gathered around.
• Lin Qiye sensed a huge increase in Mental Power and realized the Eternal Secret Garden had helped him break through to the Boundless realm and advance further.
• Xia Simeng introduced herself as captain of Phoenix Squad and recalled escorting Lin Qiye to Abstinence Hall and carrying him back to Team 136's base.
• Zuo Qing arrived after destroying the remaining Klein-level Mysteries and greeted Nightfall Squad.
• Zuo Qing praised Nightfall Squad for their actions in the Human Circle and said it was time they returned to Shangjing.

After the Beast Tide, Lin Qiye learned his squad would receive two “Sea of Stars” Medals, then struggled with guilt over Commander Ye’s sacrifice. As the survivors prepared to leave Chenglong Pass, he learned that Lu Qiu had died delivering the warning that helped save the pass and the mainland.

• Zuo Qing told Lin Qiye that the Fifth Special Squad needed to register in Beijing and would receive two “Sea of Stars” Medals for its achievements.
• Lin Qiye asked Zuo Qing where Commander Ye had gone, but Zuo Qing fell silent.
• Lin Qiye sat on Chenglong Pass’s shattered walls, and Cao Yuan urged him not to blame himself for Commander Ye’s choice to exchange his life.
• Fang Zuo explained that Lu Qiu had died after using Ghost God’s Pull to deliver intelligence about the Beast Tide.
• Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan recognized that Lu Qiu’s warning had enabled their arrival and helped prevent the catastrophe from reaching the mainland.

After Commander Zuo's death, Lin Qiye learned of his wish for someone to look after his son, Lu Baoyou, and reflected on the power he hoped to wield. As the Nightfall Squad returned to Shangjing City, King Mask prepared to meet them, while Zhang Zhengting arrived to receive them at the airport.

• Fang Zuo told Lin Qiye that Commander Zuo had been posthumously awarded a 'Starlight' Medal and asked him to help look after his son, Lu Baoyou.
• Lin Qiye imagined making his night cover all of Great Xia.
• Vortex told King Mask that Lin Qiye and the others had held Chenglong Pass, so there was no need to travel through time; King Mask removed his mask and welcomed their return.
• Shao Pingge told Yuan Gang that the crisis was over and the Fifth Special Squad was returning to Shangjing City, then agreed that Zhenzhen should enter the Training Camp.
• The Nightfall Squad landed in Shangjing City and met Zhang Zhengting, who apologized for being late and recalled their encounter two years earlier.

Lin Qiye and the Fifth Special Squad registered their return at Night Watchmen Headquarters after earning two 'Star Sea' Medals. They named their team Nightfall, appointed An Qingyu vice-captain, and chose dark crimson for their cloaks.

• Zhang Zhengting picked up Lin Qiye and the others and drove them to Night Watchmen Headquarters to register their team.
• Lin Qiye announced that they were Great Xia Night Watchmen Special Squad No. 005, drawing excited attention from headquarters staff.
• Lin Qiye named the team Nightfall and wrote himself down as captain.
• Lin Qiye named An Qingyu vice-captain despite An Qingyu's attempt to decline.
• Lin Qiye and the others chose dark crimson as the color for their team cloaks.

Lin Qiye and his companions visited the 006 Squad’s base, where Zhang Zhengting explained that Night Watchmen recruitment had expanded because war was approaching. Their arrival revealed that the squad’s members had been affected by Zhenzhen’s divine realm, and Zhang Zhengting learned that she had run away from home.

• Zhang Zhengting invited Lin Qiye and his companions to visit the 006 Squad, and Lin Qiye agreed, hoping to meet Shao Pingge and learn about Chen Muye.
• Zhang Zhengting brought them to the squad’s courtyard base, where Baili Pangpang realized its new bricks had been laid after their battle there two years earlier.
• Zhang Zhengting explained that expanded Night Watchmen recruitment was preparing the squads for the coming war and the defense of the twelve War Passes.
• Lin Qiye and the others found 006 Squad members acting strangely in the training ground, and Zhang Zhengting recognized that Zhenzhen’s divine realm had affected them.
• Zhang Zhengting released the members from the effect, and one told him that Zhenzhen had run away from home.

Li Zhenzhen vented her grief by fighting a group of thugs, while Zhang Zhengting explained to Lin Qiye and the others how she became a God's Agent. Afterward, a strange white cat confronted her in an alley and asked whether she was an agent.

• Li Zhenzhen kicked a can that struck a thug, then lured him and his companions into an alley and defeated them with her Golden Bow and Arrow.
• Zhang Zhengting told Lin Qiye and the others that Li Zhenzhen survived a Mystery's attack on her family's animal shelter and was chosen as a God's Agent that same night.
• Zhang Zhengting explained that Li Zhenzhen had been placed with the Shangjing City squad because she was too young to join the Night Watchmen and was mentally unstable after her family's deaths.
• Li Zhenzhen found a white cat with mismatched eyes on a crumbling wall and reached toward it.
• The white cat spoke and asked Li Zhenzhen whether she was a God's Agent, prompting her to summon her bow and aim an arrow at it.

Lin Qiye's group learned that Li Zhenzhen, Cupid's agent, had run away, and offered to help 006 Squad find her. Meanwhile, Fang Mo confronted Li Zhenzhen and questioned her about Lin Qiye and the Night Watchmen, leaving her facing an unsettling demand to reveal classified information.

• Zhang Zhengting explained that Li Zhenzhen was Cupid's agent, wielded the False Love divine realm, and had run away from home.
• Zhang Zhengting said 006 Squad could not find Li Zhenzhen because she knew their tracking methods and their captain was unavailable.
• Lin Qiye and his teammates offered to search for Li Zhenzhen, and Zhang Zhengting gave them her photograph.
• Fang Mo transformed from a white cat into a boy and approached Li Zhenzhen after watching her deal with some thugs.
• Fang Mo asked Li Zhenzhen about Lin Qiye and the Night Watchmen, but she refused to reveal information about the classified organization.
• Fang Mo asked Li Zhenzhen whether she truly intended to keep the secret, and an unusual gleam flashed in his eyes.

Lin Qiye and An Qingyu searched Shangjing City for a girl while An Qingyu stayed behind to work on Jiang Er’s magnetic field. In the Western District, Fang Mo questioned Li Zhenzhen about the Night Watchmen and Lin Qiye before a Mystery’s fog trapped them in a park.

• Lin Qiye and An Qingyu split up to search Shangjing City, and An Qingyu stayed behind to stabilize Jiang Er’s magnetic field.
• Fang Mo learned from Li Zhenzhen that joining the Night Watchmen might help him meet Lin Qiye, then avoided her questions about his intentions.
• Fang Mo sensed danger on the park steps, and Li Zhenzhen recognized that a Mystery’s fog had surrounded them.
• Li Zhenzhen explained that the 006 Squad’s strength kept most Mysteries in Shangjing City from harming people, creating an uneasy peace.

An Qingyu completed Jiang Er’s body modification and learned that dormant Mysteries in Shangjing City were restrained by Shao Pingge’s power. In the fog-covered park, Fang Mo and Li Zhenzhen faced Blue Fatty until An Qingyu arrived and found something disturbing about Fang Mo.

• An Qingyu reinforced Jiang Er’s magnetic field, then received a message from his Rat Tide that it had found Li Zhenzhen.
• Fang Mo and Li Zhenzhen became trapped in a Mystery’s fog-covered territory and encountered the peak Pond realm creature Blue Fatty.
• Fang Mo told Li Zhenzhen to escape and fought Blue Fatty, but Blue Fatty overpowered him and sent him flying.
• Li Zhenzhen fired a golden heart-tipped arrow that struck Blue Fatty and made one of its heads fall in love with Fang Mo, causing the creature to flail as its other heads resisted.
• An Qingyu arrived carrying the Black Coffin, recognized Li Zhenzhen from a photograph, and stared at Fang Mo in alarm.

Fang Mo fled after sensing An Qingyu, who rescued Li Zhenzhen from Blue Fatty, while a ghost startled her into fainting. At the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods, Lin Qiye watched the Monkey King quietly drinking alone.

• Fang Mo transformed into a white cat and escaped after Blue Fatty knocked him away, leaving Li Zhenzhen behind.
• An Qingyu froze Blue Fatty and shattered its body, then collected its three heads on the Black Coffin.
• A ghost appeared behind Li Zhenzhen and frightened her into fainting as An Qingyu's group prepared to bring her back.
• Zhang Zhengting learned that Nightfall Squad had found Li Zhenzhen and told 006 Squad to prepare dinner for their return.
• Lin Qiye hid near a tree and watched the Monkey King drink fruit wine and sit alone on a corridor railing.

Lin Qiye opened the fifth ward and met Gilgamesh, a proud king whose aura nearly forced him to kneel. Gilgamesh attacked him after he refused, while Merlin and Bragi recognized the new patient as a fate-burdened, partly human god.

• Lin Qiye saw the Monkey King sitting outside his ward, chose not to disturb him, and went to open the fifth ward.
• Lin Qiye entered the room and resisted the gray-robed man's powerful aura by circulating the Night Origin within him.
• Merlin and Bragi sensed the man's aura and identified him as Gilgamesh, a being who was two-thirds divine and one-third human.
• Lin Qiye read Gilgamesh's patient panel and learned that his treatment progress was zero.
• Gilgamesh demanded that Lin Qiye kneel, then pointed at him and unleashed a beam of purple light across the hospital sky.

Lin Qiye tried to keep Gilgamesh from leaving the hospital, but Gilgamesh encountered Monkey King and provoked him into a fight. The two powerful figures faced off in the courtyard as Lin Qiye watched to see which was stronger.

• Gilgamesh dismissed Lin Qiye's warning and walked out of the hospital room to the second-floor corridor.
• Gilgamesh demanded that Monkey King kneel, and Monkey King grew furious beneath his Kasaya.
• Monkey King punched Gilgamesh through the hospital and into the courtyard below.
• Li Yifei evacuated the orderlies while Merlin raised Magic Arrays around the courtyard.
• Bragi played battle music as Gilgamesh and Monkey King rose to face each other, and Lin Qiye chose not to intervene.